Cover.



FREDERICK E. TEVES, Oi GLEN COVE, NEW YORK.

COVER.

- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 12,1910.

Application filed September 2. 1909. Serial No. 515,880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Funnnmcx E. Tnvns,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of (llen Cove.- in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cover, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in detachable covers for receptacles, chambers or containers, and the object of the invention is to so construct the cover that all moisture condensing upon the inner surface will return to the container, andthe taking off or the putting .on of the cover will not produce any appreciable sound.

The under surface of the cover may be ventilated and permitted todry when the cover is removed from thereceptacle, and any moisture condensing on the inner side of the-cover will not come in contact wit the u per edge'of the receptacle;

Reierence is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar-characters of reference indicate corresponding parts-in, all the figures, and in which 1 Figure 1 is a top plan view of a cover-constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a verticalsection through the cover and a portion of the upper edge of a receptacle; and Fig. 3 is a similar section showing a modified construction.

My improved cover is formed with an inverted .conical body or top portion 10, coming to a point at the center of the cover, so that all moisture condensing upon the under surface will innnediately drain toward the center and drip back into the receptacle.

The cover is stamped from sheet material, the nature of the material being dependent upon the articular character of the receptacle to w ic 1 the cover is to be applied.

If the cover is to be used for a cooking or culinary vessel, said cover would preferably be formed from sheet metal, but if the cover is to be-used for a storage receptacle or for a toilet chamber, it would preferably be formed of non-metallic, water-proof material. It may be formed of any suitable coinposition so treated as to give it a smooth waterroof s rface, which may be readily cleane and w ich will not-absorb moisture.

The entire body portion of the cover is conical or inclined, so that there is no portion which is substantially horizontal. Thus, moisture condensing o..' any portion of the inner surface will run down the inclined surface to the lowest point and from there drip back into the receptacle.

The cover is provided with an annular flange 11 around its outer side, which diverges or spreads outwardly at its lower edge. This flange is subdivided into a plurality of separate legs or branches 12, and these legs are of such length that when the cover rests upon a fiat surface, the legs will support the center of the cover out of engagemcnt with the surface. Thus, if the cover be removed from the vessel while the under side of the cover is moist with water of condensation, this moist portion will be supported upon the surface and out of contact therewith. At the same time, air may freely circulate through the open spaces between the legs and into direct contact with the moist under surface of the cover, so that the latter will rapidly dry if left off of the receptacle. The cover, if desired, may be provided with a knob or handle 13, by means of which the cover may be lifted. This knob is preferably located at the center of the cover and at the apex of the conical portion, so that it does not extend above the plane of the margin of said conical ortion.

Although the cover is adaptable or general use, yet it possesses special advantages when used as the cover for a toilet chamber. As the portion of the cover which contacts with the open top of the chamber is inclined, it will not contact with the top of the wall of the chamber but will contact with the inner surface, so that no moisture of condensation can reach the top of the walls of the chamber. The cover being made of a composition which is neither metallic nor [ceramic and which is nonrcsonant andyslightly flexible, no appreciable sound will be made when the cover is removed or replaced on the chamber.

The cover being water-proof, it me be readily cleaned and kept sanitary, an theunder surface being ventilated whenjemoved from the chambenthe moisture of condensation may evaporate instead of dripping on to the floor.

Instead of making the entirebody of the cover of a single conical portion with its apex depending at the center, the body may 1 be formed of two concentric conical portions substantially as illustrated in. Fig. 3. In

this form, the center portion is reversed to forin an upwardly-extending conical portion claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: v

1. A cover havingthe body formed from a single piece of sheet material and having the entire .body portion in the form of an inverted cone, and having an outer depending annular flange subdivided to form a plurality of legs for holding the body.of the cover out 0 engagement with the su p0rt-' ing surface when thecover is remove from the receptacle.

2. A cover having a body inclined downwardly and inwardly from the outer edge thereof, and a marginal flange depending downwardly and outwardly from the peripheral edge-of the body, said flange having its lower edge cut away at a plurality of points, to leave a lurality of supporting legs to hold the boily of the cover out of engagement with the sup orting surface when the cover is removed rom the receptacle, said body flange and legs being formed from sheet material.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK E. TEVES.

lVitnesses:

CLAIR W. FAIRBANK, J 01:11 P. DAVIS. 

